The stage is set for a massive Coronation Street showdown as Aidan and Maria Connor’s illicit affair is on the brink of being exposed, as shown in these scenes which feature Shayne Ward, Samia Longchambon and Jane Danson filming Leanne Tilsley’s discovery that the pair are at it behind Eva Price’s back.

In love with Aidan, Maria has reluctantly been allowing him to have his cake and eat it by agreeing to be his mistress while he shows no intention of leaving Eva. But, as these future scenes show, the game is up when Leanne spots the pair parting tearfully at a posh hotel.

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And when Leanne later meets Eva in a bar, is she about to break the devastating news? And is Eva about to confront the cheating pair, setting off an explosive chain of events that will change all of their lives forever?

Fans knew it would only be a matter of time before the affair was uncovered and boss Kate Oates recently suggested that Eva’s revenge would be characteristically big.